Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

Was just standing back and admiring the old girl after another pleasurable ride, and notice there are two set of hole in the chassis where the linkage attaches. Anyone care to shed some light on what they are for?

^thanks Dicky. I must remember to type the .jpg next time.
So anyways, finally got around to ordering dogbones, so was having a percursory glance around the old girl's nether regions and was wondering what the extra holes were for.. It can't be a second position for the link could it? The shock would foul on the arm. Or it would lower and soften the bike or something wouldnt it? Must be some reason for it. Anyone?

Been questions many times over the years with no confirmed answer from Yamaha.
A few have tried using a linear relay arm like from a YZF750 but again it’s pointless unless you retune the shock to work with the rising rate of the relay arm.

Ok cheers. I guess it will remain a mystery..

Trx envy wrote:Ok cheers. I guess it will remain a mystery..

There was a thought that it's for a "factory Tool" that is primarily a bolt and a sleeve that when in place locks the rear swing arm (via the linkage) allowing you to remove the rear shock easily, I've never tried it and can only speculate as to its success...

Yeah I hate to be that guy but alls i could think of was it was for an assembly tool or jig too.

I thought it was to "lighten" the frame, … y'know to save a bit of weight and improve performance ?
No ???

Hi!

In the first days of owning my TRX (about 13 years ago) I thought of fixing a main stand thereon ... but never got this far.

What these holes are intended for I also have no idea.

Clueless greets from Munich!

It’s been a while since I was on here (18 months), but the centre stand theory is not far fetched. I knew a guy here in Sydney that fitted a custom centre stand to his green TRX. It’s the only place I can see that he would’ve fit it.

Hi Jochen, you still around.

Bob

Hi Bob!

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Off topic greets from Munich!